Energy, Resources, and Systems Analysis
MS 0734, PO Box 5800,
Albuquerque, NM
USA 87185
Email: wgcolel@sandia.gov
Biographical Sketch:
- Post-doctoral Certificate, School of Engineering, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, 2005
- Doctorate (DPhil), Engineering Science, OXFORD UNIVERSITY, 2004
- Master of Science (MS), Engineering, focus in Mechanical Eng., STANFORD UNIVERSITY, 2004, GPA 3.95
- Master of Business Administration (MBA), OXFORD UNIVERSITY, 1999, with highest honors (Distinction)
- Master of Science (MSc), Science and Technology Policy, SUSSEX UNIVERSITY, 1998
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE), Mechanical Engineering, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, 1997, with highest honors (summa cum laude), GPA 3.95
- Certificate (Minor), Public Policy, Woodrow Wilson School, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, 1997
- Dr. Whitney Colella is a Truman Research Fellow at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is working on computer simulations of alternative energy systems. The models she is developing will be used to examine alternative designs for stationary tri-generative fuel cell power plants tuned to the electricity, heating, and cooling demand curves for the buildings they could serve. These analyses will enable evaluation of the energy supply by fuel cell systems and distributed energy devices relative to the energy demand in surrounding buildings.
- The prestigious President Harry S. Truman Fellowship in National Security Science and Engineering, established in memory of President Harry S. Truman, is a three-year appointment at Sandia that allows scholars to perform postdoctoral research related to national security and address a major scientific or engineering problem, or provide a new approach or insight to a major problem.
- Colella has a BS in mechanical engineering and a minor in public policy from Princeton, an M.S. in science and public policy from Sussex, an M.S. in engineering with a specialization in mechanical from Stanford, an MBA from Oxford, and a D.Phil. in engineering science from Oxford. She has been recognized with British Marshall, Fulbright, National Science Foundation, T.J. Watson, Gilbreath, and Overseas Research scholarships and fellowships.
- Her Ph.D thesis was on an original experimental systems model of fuel cells that considered heating, cooling, and the use of by-product heat. She developed concepts and control strategies that challenged conventional analysis of fuel cells and showed that, with imaginative design, they have more immediate commercial potential than generally thought. One of her recommendations is currently being used by DaimlerChrysler’s fuel cell subsidiary. She also developed models for evaluating installing fuel cell systems for the Stanford campus. As an undergraduate, she developed and built the world’s first fuel cell-assisted bicycle.
- Colella has co-edited a book, written two book chapters, and published eight journal articles. She has given 25 lecture presentations and presented 15 posters.